Recovery Connector Practitioner
| Posting date: | 04 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,637 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Derbyshire, East Midlands |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Phoenix Futures |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4110 |
Summary
This community-based team works with people living in Derbyshire that are in recovery from drug and/or alcohol use. This role will focus on linking people in with local recovery communities, teams, projects and mutual aid groups. You will work alongside a team of 4 Recovery Connector workers, a Tier 4 Rehab Worker and a Lived Experience Pathway Coordinator, and will be led by a Recovery Connector Team Manager.
The role:
In this community-based role you will deliver recovery-focused interventions to clients on your caseload. You will engage clients accessing treatment at DRP in recovery-focused sessions and will support them to attend local recovery support services, or other structured meaningful activities which may also include supporting them to attend local mutual aid meetings and recovery-led activities. This role will involve helping to deliver some small recovery-oriented group work sessions to people in recovery (in person and online), including open peer-led recovery groups, structured relapse-prevention groups and facilitating SMART meetings. Within this role you will complete accredited SMART facilitator training. This role will involve advocating for clients, travelling with them to appointments and meetings to help build their confidence and overcome barriers to accessing aftercare and community-based recovery support. You will put the client at the centre of your work, helping them to achieve their personal goals and will complete a strengths-based assessment and recovery plans together.
The core focus of this new role is helping people in recovery to engage and reconnect with structured recovery support, groups and activities within their local community; helping them to improve health, unlock potential and achieve personalised recovery goals. You will help us to break down barriers, reduce stigma and promote visible recovery.
The Location:
You will be based in our Buxton office on Hardwick Street and will be able to claim mileage for your journeys around the area you'll be working in (Buxton, New Mills, Glossop and North Ashbourne). Applicants for this role must have a driving licence with access to a vehicle for work due to the geography of the region this role covers and the limitations of public transport.
About You:
Completing strengths-based assessments, creating recovery plans and building good working relationships is vital in this role, therefore successful applicants will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. As this role will involve documenting work completed with clients and filling in spreadsheets, you will need very good IT skills and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel. We encourage applications from people who are creative in their ideas for recovery groups/activities and are passionate in supporting people to achieve and maintain long term abstinence/reduced use and improve health outcomes.
Successful applicants will be able to show in their personal statement application a clear passion for working with people in recovery and will have a positive, motivating and proactive approach to their work. Applicants for this role must have a driving licence with access to a vehicle for work due to the geography of the region this role covers and the limitations of public transport.
*Job description is attached. Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you detail how you meet the person specification as this will help us assess how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
About Phoenix Futures:
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.
The role:
In this community-based role you will deliver recovery-focused interventions to clients on your caseload. You will engage clients accessing treatment at DRP in recovery-focused sessions and will support them to attend local recovery support services, or other structured meaningful activities which may also include supporting them to attend local mutual aid meetings and recovery-led activities. This role will involve helping to deliver some small recovery-oriented group work sessions to people in recovery (in person and online), including open peer-led recovery groups, structured relapse-prevention groups and facilitating SMART meetings. Within this role you will complete accredited SMART facilitator training. This role will involve advocating for clients, travelling with them to appointments and meetings to help build their confidence and overcome barriers to accessing aftercare and community-based recovery support. You will put the client at the centre of your work, helping them to achieve their personal goals and will complete a strengths-based assessment and recovery plans together.
The core focus of this new role is helping people in recovery to engage and reconnect with structured recovery support, groups and activities within their local community; helping them to improve health, unlock potential and achieve personalised recovery goals. You will help us to break down barriers, reduce stigma and promote visible recovery.
The Location:
You will be based in our Buxton office on Hardwick Street and will be able to claim mileage for your journeys around the area you'll be working in (Buxton, New Mills, Glossop and North Ashbourne). Applicants for this role must have a driving licence with access to a vehicle for work due to the geography of the region this role covers and the limitations of public transport.
About You:
Completing strengths-based assessments, creating recovery plans and building good working relationships is vital in this role, therefore successful applicants will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. As this role will involve documenting work completed with clients and filling in spreadsheets, you will need very good IT skills and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel. We encourage applications from people who are creative in their ideas for recovery groups/activities and are passionate in supporting people to achieve and maintain long term abstinence/reduced use and improve health outcomes.
Successful applicants will be able to show in their personal statement application a clear passion for working with people in recovery and will have a positive, motivating and proactive approach to their work. Applicants for this role must have a driving licence with access to a vehicle for work due to the geography of the region this role covers and the limitations of public transport.
*Job description is attached. Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you detail how you meet the person specification as this will help us assess how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
About Phoenix Futures:
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.
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